Band-cutter



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J. H! YOUNG.

BAND CUTTER No. 582,712. Patented May 18, 1897 (No Model.) 3 SheetsSheet2.

J. H.'Y0 UNG. BAND CUTTER.

No. 582,712. Patented May 18,1897.

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UNITED STATES JOHN HENRY YOUNG, OF KINGSBURY, INDIANA.

BAND-CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 582,712, dated May 18,1897.

Application filed December 29,1896- Serial No. 617,394. 1N0 model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN HENRY YOUNG, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kin gsbury, in the county of La Porte and State of Indiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Band-Cutters; and Ido declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improved bandcutter and feeder forthreshing-machines.

The object of the invention is to provide a band-cutter and feeder whichwill be simple, efficient, and give satisfactory results, and

which will feed the grain to the threshingcylinder in a spread mass,whereby the grain is more effectually threshed.

lVith these objects in view the invention consists of certain featuresof construction and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter fullyset forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of my improvedband-cutter and feeder. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same, and Fig.3 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view.

In the drawings, 1 denotes the frame of the feeder, which consists ofside pieces 2 and the rear end piece 3 and the bottom 4, the lower sideof which is provided with two guidecleats 5 for the belts of the endlessconveyer 6.

7 denotes a shaft journaled to the side pieces at the front of themachine and provided with pulleys S, and 9 denotes a drive-shaftjournaled at the rear of the side pieces and provided with pulleys 10.The belts of the conveyers are connected by slats 11, which are providedwith upwardly-projecting pins 12, which prevent the bundle, as a whole,rolling from one side of the machine to the other.

13 denotes the feed-boards at the front end of the machine. These boardsslant downward and toward the center of the bottom of the frame andserve to deliver the bundle to the center of the slats of the conveyer.

14 denotes a divide which consists of a board the front edge of which ispreferably notched to permit it to fit over and rest upon the end pieceof the frame, and is provided with a rod 15, which extends downwardlyand is engaged in straps or eyes 16, secured to the outer face of theend piece. The inner upper corner of this board is provided with a pieceof strap-iron and with a notch through which extends the cross bar 17,connecting two standards 18, the lower ends of which project throughstaples or straps secured to the sides of the frame and rest upon twosteps 19, secured to the lower edge of the frame.

The divide is provided to separate the sheaves when they are fed througheach side of the machine and to cause th em to move lengthwise along thetable and may be made detachable from the machine to enable the fullwidth of the conveyer to be used when required. A

Mounted in standards 19, secured to the sides of the frame in advance ofthe divide, is a rotary shaft 20, provided with a number of disks 23, towhich the band-cutters 21 are secured. The outer end of this shaft isprovided with a gear-wheel 24, which is connected bya belt 25 with agear 26 on the rear belt-driving shaft, hereinbefore described.

27 denotes the spreader or stirrer, which consists of arectangular frameprovided with bearings 28 and 29 at each end, which are covered by caps30. Journaled in the bearings 28 are the rake-heads,which are providedwith tines 29, that project downward toward the endless conveyer. Thetines of one head proj ect a greater distance than those of the otherhead for a purpose which will be hereinafter set forth.

The bearings 28 receive the yokes 31, the lower ends of which aresecured to the sides of the box. These yokes serve to support the rakeor stirrer and permit of it moving transversely across the machine.

31 denotes two coiled springs, each of which is connected to a rake-headand to one of the end bars of the stirrer-frame, as shown in Fig. 2.

32 denotes two posts which are secured to the side of the box andproject upwardly above its upper edge and are provided with two spindles33, upon which are journaled sleeves 34 of bell-crank levers 35. Washers36 are arranged on these spindles above the sleeves of thebell-crank,-and pins 37 are inserted in holes in the upper ends of thespindles and hold the bell-crank levers in position.

37 denotes two links, each of which is connected to a limb 38 of thebell-era 11k lever and to the rake-frame.

39 denotes two standards which are secured to the side of the frame neartheir rear ends and which support the shaft 40, having fixed to one enda sprocket-wheel 42, which is c011- nected with the sprocket-wheel 43 ofthe driveshaft 9 by a sprocket-chain at. A crank 45 is also secured tothis shaft 40 and is provided with a series of apertures 41, whichextend at diiferent distances away from the axis of the wheel.

-16 denotes a link which connects the outer limbs 4L7 of the bell-cranklevers, and 48 denotes a link which connects the outer limb of the rearbell-crank lever with the crank-wheel.

By referring to Fig. 3 it will be noticed that the bottom of the framestops short of the side pieces, thus forming an opening 40, throughwhich the kernels of grain from the stalks maybe dropped. To catch thisgrain, I provide a hopper 50, which is arranged beneath the opening andwhich is provided with a valve at its outlet end. This hopper isprovided with sockets 51 in its sides and into which project pins 52,that extend below the lower ends of the side pieces of the frame.Springplates 52 are secured at one end to the side pieces and have theirother ends projecting downward and formed with apertures which receivelaterally-projecting studs 53 on the sides of the hopper. \Vhen thehopper has become filled with grain, a bag may be attached to its mouth,the slide withdrawn, and the contents of the hopper emptied into thebag.

54: denotes a wheeled truck provided with uprights 55 and braces 56, bymeans of which the frame of the feeder is attached to the trucks.

In operation the bundles of grain are fed at the front end of themachine and will roll over against the divide and be carried rearward bythe conveyer underneath the bandcutters, which will sever the bands, andas the grain continues on its course the tines of the rakes willengagethe same and spread it evenly over the entire surface of theconveyer. The front set of tines but partially spreads the grain, whilethe rear set of tines completely spreads it. These tines have a rockingmotion, whereby, should there be any obstruction or should the grain befed too fast, the tines will free themselves from the mass and preventthe choking of the machine. \Vhen fine stuff, such as clover, is fed tothe machine, it is not necessary that the tines have a rocking motion,and they may be set at the desired angle and retained in that positionby the set-screws 53. After the grain has passed the tines it isdischarged from the rear end of the conveyer to the cylinder of thethresher. (Not shown.)

Although I have specifically described the construction and relativearrangement of the several elements of my invention, I do not desire tobe confined to the same, as such changes or modifications may be made asclearly fall within the scope of my invention without departing from thespirit thereof.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

In a band-cutter and feeder, the combination with the frame of atraveling endless conveyer mounted upon pulleys fixed to shaftsjournaled in the side pieces of said frame, a drive-wheel secured to oneof the ends of said shafts, and a sprocket-wheel secured to the otherend of said shaft, a cuttershaft mounted across the top of the fame andprovided with a gang of cutters, a pulley upon the end of thecutter-shaft, having a belt connection with the drive shaft, guidessecured across the top of the frame at the rear of the cutters, arake-frame mounted upon said guides, two sets of rake-heads journaled insaid rake-frame to rock longitudinally of the frame, and to movetransversely therewith, springs for controlling the rocking movement ofsaid rake-heads, set-screws for rotatably adjusting and locking saidrakeheads, two sets of tines proj eetin g downwardly from saidrake-heads, one set being arranged in advance of and shorter than theother set, bell-crank levers, connections between the bell-crank leversand rake-frame, a crankwheel secured to the end of a shaft journaled instandards at the rear end of the frame, said crank-wheel being providedwith sockets in its face at different points from the axis of the wheel,a sprocket-wheel secured to said shaft and connected with thefirst-mentioned sprocket-wheels by a sprocket-chain, and a linkconnected with the rear bell-crank lever and adapted to engage one ofsaid sockets, whereby the transverse throw of the rakeframe may bevaried, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

JOHN HENRY YOUNG.

Witnesses:

THOMAS CRAFT, CHAS. A. PARKER.

